JAMES NORRINGTON- He was looking for a proper wife. The governers daughter would suit. SHe was beautiful, well educated, witty. As a girl, she had had some rather strange
notions...but she seemed to have at least contained them, if not outgrown them.SHe would do. Yet, as he courted her, he actually became attracted to her. It
was strange. He had never imagined actually feeling anything romantic for whoever he married. And he was so much older than her. He fell in love with her. He spoke
to her father, asking for her hand in marriage. He proposed to her, and just as he thought his dreams might come true, she fainted and fell from the fort-top.
He was prepared to jump in after her, but his men stopped him. HE rushed to the dock, and to his absolute shock... a very disreputable looking man was holding Elizabeth- in her underclothing! She was soaked too. It was horribly improper.Governor Swann looked at the fact that one of the naval men behind the scruffy looking fellow was holding Elizabeth's corset!THe sailor pointed at the strange man."Shoot him." the governor ordered the soldiers who had followed them. Suprisingly, Elizabeth jumped up and defended the man, claiming he had rescued her.
JAmes had a sudden suspision. HE had heard of the pirate who had been wondering around for ten years stealing ships. "I believe thanks are in order." he held out his hand to the man, who, with considerable hesitancy, took it. James grabbed his wrist and pulled up the sleeve. As he had expected, there was a tatoo of a sparrow flying over the sea.SPARROW. OH, how he hated that pirate for ruining his proposal! Now when ELizabeth gave her answer it would be tainted with memories of that horrid pirate threatening her. As events unfolded, James felt his possesion of ELizabeth slipping farther and farther from his grasp. He loved her so when it became odvious that she loved TUrner, he gave her up. He let her choose her own direction in life. WHat suprised him was her desire to let Sparrow go free. Surely she couldn't care about that pirate? No, it must be because Turner wanted him free and she realized she could make that happen. After unsuccesfully trying to recapture Sparrow, James gave up. He was without a job, without Elizabeth, without any of the things that had once made him happy. SO he went to Tortuga.
Sparrow would probably come by here and James would kill him. But as he sat and brooded and waited for Sparrow, James was seduced. He was seduced by the unexpected pleasure...or at least numbness...found in a bottle of rum. He got drunk once, and to his shock, it helped him forget about ELizabeth.
So he got drunk again, and again, and again. He couldn't remember the bad points of Elizabeth now, just everything he had loved about her. When he was drunk,
he could pretend that Elizabeth was his wife, at home in Port Royale with a little tot who somewhat resembled James, waiting for him to come home. THen Sparrow showed up. He was recruiting men. ANd JAmes' happy imaginings disappeared fast. He was going to kill SParrow! the events that ensued left his head spinning Before he knew it, he was standing on the dock, vomiting his guts out and looking at a ship that he hated almost as much as its captain; the Black Pearl. ANd.
Elizabeth was here! and Sparrow was holding her hands and looking into her eyes and blabbing junk about Davy Jones and his outofthebodybutstillbeatingheart.
James said some things that he could never remember afterward.All he could think about was that Elizabeth was here, and she was flirting with Sparrow! It continued. deprived of rum and his happy numbness, James watched as Sparrow slowly drew ELizabeth into the snare that was his charm. He tried to tell her,
but she said he was imagining things.HE knew the truth. On the island where the dead man's chest was buried, he saw that the compass was pointing to Sparrow;
saw her frustration with it. Later, when TUrner "magically" reapeared, he also saw the annoyed look on Sparrow's face as Elizabeth kissed turner.HE didn't see anything else between them, because he found a way to leave,with the heart, which would at least restore him one thing he had loved...his position.
TO BE CONTINUED (when AWE comes out)
He was prepared to jump in after her, but his men stopped him. HE rushed to the dock, and to his absolute shock... a very disreputable looking man was holding Elizabeth- in her underclothing! She was soaked too. It was horribly improper.Governor Swann looked at the fact that one of the naval men behind the scruffy looking fellow was holding Elizabeth's corset!THe sailor pointed at the strange man."Shoot him." the governor ordered the soldiers who had followed them. Suprisingly, Elizabeth jumped up and defended the man, claiming he had rescued her.
JAmes had a sudden suspision. HE had heard of the pirate who had been wondering around for ten years stealing ships. "I believe thanks are in order." he held out his hand to the man, who, with considerable hesitancy, took it. James grabbed his wrist and pulled up the sleeve. As he had expected, there was a tatoo of a sparrow flying over the sea.SPARROW. OH, how he hated that pirate for ruining his proposal! Now when ELizabeth gave her answer it would be tainted with memories of that horrid pirate threatening her. As events unfolded, James felt his possesion of ELizabeth slipping farther and farther from his grasp. He loved her so when it became odvious that she loved TUrner, he gave her up. He let her choose her own direction in life. WHat suprised him was her desire to let Sparrow go free. Surely she couldn't care about that pirate? No, it must be because Turner wanted him free and she realized she could make that happen. After unsuccesfully trying to recapture Sparrow, James gave up. He was without a job, without Elizabeth, without any of the things that had once made him happy. SO he went to Tortuga.
Sparrow would probably come by here and James would kill him. But as he sat and brooded and waited for Sparrow, James was seduced. He was seduced by the unexpected pleasure...or at least numbness...found in a bottle of rum. He got drunk once, and to his shock, it helped him forget about ELizabeth.
So he got drunk again, and again, and again. He couldn't remember the bad points of Elizabeth now, just everything he had loved about her. When he was drunk,
he could pretend that Elizabeth was his wife, at home in Port Royale with a little tot who somewhat resembled James, waiting for him to come home. THen Sparrow showed up. He was recruiting men. ANd JAmes' happy imaginings disappeared fast. He was going to kill SParrow! the events that ensued left his head spinning Before he knew it, he was standing on the dock, vomiting his guts out and looking at a ship that he hated almost as much as its captain; the Black Pearl. ANd.
Elizabeth was here! and Sparrow was holding her hands and looking into her eyes and blabbing junk about Davy Jones and his outofthebodybutstillbeatingheart.
James said some things that he could never remember afterward.All he could think about was that Elizabeth was here, and she was flirting with Sparrow! It continued. deprived of rum and his happy numbness, James watched as Sparrow slowly drew ELizabeth into the snare that was his charm. He tried to tell her,
but she said he was imagining things.HE knew the truth. On the island where the dead man's chest was buried, he saw that the compass was pointing to Sparrow;
saw her frustration with it. Later, when TUrner "magically" reapeared, he also saw the annoyed look on Sparrow's face as Elizabeth kissed turner.HE didn't see anything else between them, because he found a way to leave,with the heart, which would at least restore him one thing he had loved...his position.
TO BE CONTINUED (when AWE comes out)